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1945)

UNIVERSITY O F I L L I N O I S SUMMARY OF TEACHER-TRAINING CURRICULA

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(For a complete tabulation of the requirements in these curricula, see pages 53^-583) Vocational Agriculture Art Education Preparatory to the Teaching of Biology Preparatory to the Teaching of Chemistry Preparatory to Commercial Teaching Preparatory to the Teaching of English and Speech Preparatory to the Teaching of Geography Vocational Home Economics Education Curricula Recommended for Prospective Secondary School Teachers of Foreign Languages: Latin, French, German, and Spanish Preparatory to the Teaching of Mathematics Preparatory to the Teaching of Mathematics and the Physical Sciences Music Education Physical Education for Men Physical Education for Women Preparatory to the Teaching of Physics Preparatory to Teaching Social Studies There is also presented a plan for the administration and supervision of the teacher-training curricula which has been approved by the Senate. I concur in the recommendations of the Senate. The complete recommendations from the University Senate for each of these curricula are hereby given to the Secretary of the Board for record. Copies of Senate recommendations were sent to members of the Board of Trustees in advance of this meeting.

On motion of Mr. Davis, these curricula were approved as recommended, subject to the concurrence of Dr. Stoddard. 1

N E W C U R R I C U L U M I N LIBERAL ARTS A N D SCIENCES

(32) The Survey Report on the University of Illinois made in 1943 by a Commission of the American Council on Education includes a series of recommendations which the Board of Trustees has accepted and has directed the administration of the University to follow. One of these recommendations is: "3. The Commission recommends that the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: a. Define clearly what the purposes of its educational program are. b. Adapt its curricula better to the needs of that group of students who drop out of the college before securing any degree. c. Strengthen the General Division by removing its present handicaps in requirements. d. Make the General Division an educational service unit for students in the several professional schools enrolling freshmen. e. Set up curricula organized on the basis of the needs of the students as individuals and as members of a significantly changing environment." Pursuant to the above recommendation, in April, 1043, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences appointed a "College Committee on Future Plans" to make a thorough examination of the entire educational program of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and to prepare recommendations for action by the faculty. This Committee made a preliminary report to the College Faculty in August, I0 43. indicating in general the objectives the College seeks to attain, the elements of strength and weakness in the present program, and the direction future work should take. Subcommittees were appointed to consider: the programs of the Division of General Studies, the counseling of students, and improve'.Dr. Stoddard notified the President of the University on July 9, 1945, of his concurrence in these recommendations.